Top Tips with pro-snowboarder Tyler Chorlton:

Top Tips with pro-snowboarder Tyler Chorlton:

Tyler Chorlton is a pro rider from the UK. After competing alongside the likes of Shaun White and Travis Rice at the Burton European Open, Tyler moved away from the competitive side of the sport to explore different avenues of the industry. Group Leader, Steve Small, catches up with Tyler to get his top tips for snowboarders hoping to make it in this exciting industry. […]

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A-Level Results: The Benefits of Taking a Gap Year

A-Level Results: The Benefits of Taking a Gap Year

With A-Level results day fast approaching, Peak Leaders have taken the opportunity to research and explain why so many people decide to take a Gap Year, and specifically those who decide to become a ski or snowboard instructor. If you’re dreaming of travelling the world, embarking on exciting new adventures and can’t imagine going straight to University then a gap year could be for you. […]

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Ski Instructor Graduate Interview: Georgina Hawkings

Ski Instructor Graduate Interview: Georgina Hawkings

  What made you decide to do a ski instructor course? I had completed a season beforehand in France working in a bar. I then decided that I really wanted to be an instructor and to spend more time in the mountains, so I started looking into it. What made you choose Peak Leaders? A lot of my friends recommended Peak Leaders to me so […]

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What effect could Brexit have on the snow sports industry?

What effect could Brexit have on the snow sports industry?

Have you been keeping up to date with the upcoming EU referendum, with regards to the snow sports industry, on 23rd June 2016? Or have you been trying desperately to bury your head under your pillow and just think about your best ski days? We’ve dug our heads out of the pow drift for long enough to take a look at the information currently available from […]

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Morzine 10 week ski & snowboard instructor course 2016 (WEEK 7)

Morzine 10 week ski & snowboard instructor course 2016 (WEEK 7)

Week 7 of the Morzine 10 week ski & snowboard instructor course and the group wrap up the shadowing process, with extensive real client experience and some fun celebrating trainee Kelly’s birthday the American way…Here’s group leader Tom with the update… Another terrific week for our skiers and snowboarders, with perfect conditions for training and getting more comfortable with bumps for the BASI Level 2.  The trainees also enjoyed Kelly’s birthday, celebrating a traditional […]

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